DDS 441
This course contains several lectures about general oral medicine subjects that are very important for the general dental practitioner.This is supported by clinical sessions in which students will see and treat patient with oral lesions. Some of these clinical sessions will be taken at the Riyadh Central Hospital.
During this course the students should learn and practice several aspects of oral medicine. This will include:
1.Ability to recognize systemic conditions that may affect dental patients.
2. Recognition and diagnosis of oral soft and hard tissue changes
3. Request the proper investigative procedures needed for the patient based on the oral and systemic findings.
4. Management and treatment of patients with oral soft and hard tissue changes.
5.Patient referral procedures and dental report writing.
Required textbooks
1- Burket's Oral Medicine, Diagnosis and Treatment
By Malcolm A. Lynch, Vernon Brightman and Marlin S.
Greenberg [JB Lippincott].
2- Principles and Practice of Oral Medicine
By Stephen Sonis, Robert Fazio and Leslie Fang
[W.B. Saunders] Latest Edition.